Oakland A’s fans at the Oakland Coliseum on Jul 20, 2022 as the A’s host the Los Angeles Angels hold up banner asking the team to stay in Oakland (AP file photo)
On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:
#1 The Las Vegas Journal Review has been closely following the negotiations between the City of Oakland and the Oakland A’s that the deal is essentially finished, over, done. Reports say the A’s who are willing to pay $1 billion for a new downtown ballpark but the City of Oakland needs to pick up the costs of the remaining $11 billion for the infrastructure which no agreement has been made.
#2 Last week the proposal was supposed to be in front of Oakland City Council that shows the proposed ballpark, housing, retail, and infrastructure plans according to the report that time has passed.
#3 A’s team president David Kaval or the team has not made an announcement yet of how the team plans to proceed. The lease between the A’s and the city has the A’s playing at the Coliseum through 2024.
#4 MLB Commissioner nor the A’s had any comment about the missed deadline, Kaval said that if there was nothing concrete by the end of this year that would doom the project and any chance for the A’s to stay in Oakland.
#5 The A’s have looked at two locations in Vegas to move to the first is the Tropicana location owned by Bally’s and the second and the Las Vegas Festival grounds north of the Vegas strip. It’s looking more like the A’s will be moving but no official word yet.
Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play announcer for the Oakland A’s Spanish radio broadcasts on flagship station LeGrande 1010 KIQI San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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